I tested with a JSON file but dit nto work

[jacace]

Unfortunatelly the log doe snot say much, it only says the following:

Applying variable substitution on JSON file: myfile.json
Skipped updating file: myfile.json
##[error]Error: Failed to apply variable substitution
It's hard to tell why my file was skipped or even which variable failed

[arjgupta]

@jacace this message comes when there are no substitutions made on the file because there are not variables found to substitute. What are the variables that you are passing to be substituted ? Can you please post your actions yml file.

[arjgupta]

Closing this issue due to inactivity. Please reopen if you are still facing this issue.

[StanlyLife]

Thanks I had an issue where i was trying to execute:

ConnectionStrings.Default: ${{ secrets.DEFAULTCONNECTION }}

Turns out I was looking for the wrong property.

ConnectionStrings.DefaultConnection: ${{ secrets.DEFAULTCONNECTION }}